Daily Republican., 1887-07-13
: vows ppmmary.

Colonel ID. U. Keller, OF Readi M,
Pa, Prez36eut OF the State inaSs
League, refused to sttend the annuaI
invention Of the League In Allenso town
on Tuesday. .,1ustead OF going he sent
. letter resigSing the presidency Of the
Leagus He says that he resigned be.
cause he was con ntinuslly harassed and
antagonized BY An element In the orga.
nizalion bent upon setting all laws 1T
defiance, and who by their disgrAceiui
efforts were simply srousing public
sentiment against the organization and
the honorable purpose for which 1t WAS
formed"
A telegram from Detroit reports the
death OF Arthur Stone, alias Arthur
6auderson, on Mopday night, from the
one cts OF gunshot wound inflicted by
Sergeant Davis, Of the Twenty third
United States Infantry, at Fort Wayne.
II appears that Ssuderson recently &C.
cused sergeant Of stealing cane, and
Was tried for "c0nduot deroRatory TO
military discipline" and senten ced to
two years. imprisonment On Monday
he made break for liberty and was
shot.
The fire In the Otto Colliery, near
Pottsville, is still raging. aud the
grOu:.d around the mouth Of the slope
10 caving In. Yesterdsy afternoon
young Eddie Ferguson, son OF the out
side bosa (the boy who hrst discovered
the fire), was crossing the foo<~of tne
engine room with hts fathers diESar,
when the charred boards gave away
and he disappeared into the burning
mine, amid an outburst OF fame,
caused by the collapse Of the engine
house floor.
Near Litchford. Kentucky, on Mon.
day, James Holcomb and John Dstze
went to the house Of William Oller,
! ''to settle q grudge" sgainst him and
his son "Jake." TheJ used threa ten In q
language to the latter, vhereupon he
discharged o shot gun At Deezs, killing
him on the spot. Holcomb then ran
towards the orchard, where William
Oller was. The old man sesing him
coming and thinking he had killed the
son, shot Holcomb In the breast, and
killed him.
A disastrous food, caused by the
treaking of dam, has occurred at
Thorn pson's Falls, Idaho. II is re.
ported that many bridges and the greater
portion OF the towns Of Mountain City
and York have been swept away, and 1t
is feared that many wagons and teams
on the roads have been caught in the
torrent The damage to mining prop.
Ierty has been great, and there are tesri
that o number Of lives have been lost.
/ At St. Henry's, Ohio, on Monday
Oaspar Link, q clock peddler, got DRINK
and insulted women on the street. The
villagers tried to chase him out Of the
, place, but he turned on them ard struck
Bernard Brock over the head with q
club, crushing IN his skull and killing
him Instantly. He then struck Casper
Schneider berger. knocking him insen
sible and infiloting injuries which may
Iprove fatal.
In the Court of Quarter Sessions q,
Pottsville, on Tuesday Of last week
James Fitzgibbons, 81 years of age
was prosecuted by his SOD, "for surety
Iof the peace" ard Was committed q
prison in default of pay ment OF costs
Yesterday the County Comm issionerI
ordered his discharge, but the warden
, on going to his cell, found him dead OF
: the floor with his throat cut.
Il A member of the Hull Yacht Clul
reported at Boston yesterday that or
Sunday afternoon, while his yacht WA
anchc red between Deer aud Long Is
land, he saw boat containing five mel
caps re q mile away. he put out In 1
small boat for the place, but fount
nothing.
The hearing Of the motion to dissolv
the injunction granted by Chancello
McGill reetraining the Baltimore ant
Ohio Railroad Company from bridging
the Arthur XIII, was begun yesterday
at Trenton, New jersey, before Justic
, Bradley, Of the o. 8. Supreme Court.
II While watching q thunder storm
, from their piazza, near Opelika, Ala
/ bama, on Monday, Mrs. John Bank
bead and her three children were strucl
3 lby lightning. Two of the childrei
were killed, and the other child an,
the mother are In q critical condition.
An examination at DeDver, COLORADO @
] lof the body of John Wetter, who's
death on the 81 instant was reported L
: have been caused by cancer of the stom
ach, shows that he died by the adminis
. ltration of poison with criminal intent
James Martin, a drug clerk Il
Brio geport, Connectiout, was chargin
). q soda fountain Tuesday morning, whe
= 1t burst, and large fragment struc
l. him, causing q compound fracture c
both legs below the knees.
A tornado and hail storm passed owe
lportiona of Hughes and Sully countie,
Dakota, on Monday night. Hailstooe
/. as large as hens eggs" ruined th
crops, while the wind blew down
/. )nnm Der OF buildings.
At Royal Centre, Indiana, Tuesda
morning, W. A. Garner saw a 69ur
"groping around the room." ThinKlr
/. 1t q burglar, he fred and shot his viii
n dead.
!. Grape rot is reported all through tn
3 Pied mont section of Virginia, and III
v grape crop there Is said to be virtual
v destroyed.
A Oard,